# Incident 20050330010869I: Cessna 172N, Santa Rosa, CA, March 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6816E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6816E-2011-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,897 total, 744 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050330010869I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MARCH 30, 2005, AIRCRAFT N6816E, CESSNA 172N, SERIAL NUMBER 17272071, DEPARTED SANTA ROSA AIRPORT (STS) AT 0900. DURING THE CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE NAVAL AIR CENTER SOUTHEAST OF THE SANTA ROSA AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N6816E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900518016819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518016819I), May 18, 1990: Cessna 172N (N6816E), Novato, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control of aircraft on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway in a ditch.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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